Elevate with EDP is a Christian leadership podcast for pastors, ministry leaders, educators, and anyone called to lead with conviction. Hosted by E. Derrik Porter — educator, pastor, and doctoral leadership scholar — each episode blends rigorous thinking with prophetic clarity to help you lead yourself and others well.
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Living between the glory of the future and grief of a memory produces a unsortable sound that reaches far and wide.
This is not the end. It begins again.
The soundtrack of love plays on.
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28 Jul 2026
The Deep Dive
Listen to a “Deep Dive” Audio Overview of Chapter 3!
I recently ran Chapter 3 of my book, Broken Open at Rock Bottom, through Google NotebookLM to see how its AI hosts would analyze the material. I was blown away by how naturally they breakdown this chapter on the spiritual formation that happens within our grief and pain.
Note: This audio overview features AI-generated hosts synthesized directly from my written chapter.
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27 Jul 2026
A Love that Lets
A clip from message, Let Down Your HairMary walked into a room carrying a year's wages in a bottle. She broke it open. She poured it out. And then she let down her hair.In a world that teaches you to love carefully — to keep a little something in reserve, just in case — Mary kept nothing back. And somebody in the room decided she had lost her mind.But the people who love radically always look a little crazy to the people who love carefully.This is a tribute to the ones who pour before it makes sense.From the special tribute broadcast "Let Your Hair Down" — a message preached in honor of my late mother on her birthday. It was her favorite message of mine. So today, I brought it home.📖 Text: John 12:1–8@elevatewithedpwww.ederrikporter.com
E. Derrik Porter is a pastor-scholar, educator, and moderator of The Presence Collective who writes on faith, leadership, and the examined life, shedding with people who refuse to live shallow and want their lives to carry weight and make Godly impact
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